Tent
σκῆνοςStrong’s G4636skēnos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Skēnos is the Greek word usually translated “tent”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
Meaning
Usually translated “tent”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- tent 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 2
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
σκῆνος skēnos · tent
σκῆνος, -ους, τό [in LXX: Wis.9:15 * ;] = σκηνή, a tent, tabernacle (C.1., 3071). Metaphorical, of the body as the tabernacle of the soul: 2Co.5:1 5:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tent” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TENT, noun
[Latin tentorium, from tendo, to stretch.]
- A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of canvas or other coarse cloth, stretched and sustained by poles; used for sheltering persons from the weather, particularly soldiers in camp.
- In surgery, a roll of lint or linen, used to dilate an opening in the flesh, or to prevent the healing of an opening from which matter or other fluid is discharged.
All definitions and other forms of “tent”
TENT, noun
[Latin tinctus.]
A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain.
TENT, verb intransitive
To lodge as in a tent; to tabernacle.
TENT, verb transitive
To probe; to search as with a tent; as, to tent a wound.
- To keep open with a tent
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.